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9The United Nations' World Food Program received the 2020 Nobel
Peace Prize Friday for its worldwide efforts to combat （对抗）hunger amid the
coronavirus pandemic.
The World Food Program was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for its efforts to combat a surge （激增）in global hunger amid the coronavirus pandemic, which has swept around the world with devastating （毁灭，性的） impact.
The Nobel committee said that work by the organization, a United Nations agency, to address hunger had laid the foundations for peace in nations
人民广场ravaged （摧毁）by war.
In many nations, particularly tho at war, the combination of conflict and the pan demic has sharply in cread the nu mber of people on the brink
of]starvation. As the global fallout from the pandemic began this spring, the World Food Program estimated that the number of people experiencing life- th reate n ing levels of food in s ecurity could more than double this year, to 265 million.
The World Food Program, established in 1961 after a proposal by
Preside n t Dwight D. Ei n hower, has bee n a major behind-the-scenes player helping people affected by some of the world's most devastating humanitarian
on the brink of 濒临
如:Civilization is on the brink of
apocalyp.文明已濒临毁灭的边
缘。
behind the scenes 在幕后
如：A lot of negotiating has been
going on behind the scenes.广泛
的谈判一直在秘密进行
。
disasters,including famine in Ethiopia in the1980s,wars in Yugoslavia in the1990s,the2004Asian tsunami and the 2010Haiti earthquake.
The organization has long faced problems funding some of its largest operations,such as in South Sudan,where asonal rains and conflict have disrupted food availability for as long as the program has existed.
The world is in danger of experiencing a hunger crisis of inconceivable（难以置信白勺）proportions if the World Food Program and other food assistanee organizations do not
receive the financial support they have requested,M the Nobel committee said.
The Nobel Peace Prize comes with a cash award of10 million Swedish kroners,about$1.1million.
Yet the agency has met with criticism that its food sourcing methods hamper already weak local food
markets. The organization buys most supplies on the global market,and development experts have criticized it for offering contracts to major donors—like the United States—in what has come to be known as"tied aid," or the practice of tying humanitarian donations to purchasing contracts.In respon,it has pledged to buy10 percent of its supplies from smaller local farms.
The program's workers also risk their lives to carry out the program's mission and veral lost their lives一sacrifices that Antonio Guterres,the United Nations cretary general, noted after the award with遭遇
如：A dishonest person is bound to meet with tbacks sooner or later.不诚实的人非碰钉子不可。
hamper妨碍
如:Similar restrictions hamper the distribution of foreign books and magazines.类似的限制阻碍了国外书籍和杂志的销售。
pledge承诺；保证
免费qq号和密码如：In the treaty both sides pledge to respect human rights.双方在条约中都许诺尊重人权
。人的优点
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"The women and men of the W.F.P.brave danger and distance to deliver lifesaving sustenance to tho devastated by conflict,to people suffering becau of disaster,to children and families（uncert
ain about their next meal）,"he said in a statement on Friday.
One of the program's key messages is that,in most cas hunger is the result of human actions rather than nature's whims（意念）.Yemen is a ca in point:Food exists,but hyperinflation（恶性通货膨胀）and conflict make it practically unavailable to tho who need it most,including children.
In a telephone interview,David Beasley,the program's executive director,said the prize had turned an important spotlight on the millions who go hungry around the world and on the devastating conquences of conflict.
"It's the first time in my life I'm speechless,"he said, adding that it was both wonderful and bad news to receive, becau it highlighted not only the work being done,but also the depth of the need for it.
"It's a call to action,"he said of the prize."The world is suffering more than in any time period,and we literally will be facing famines of high verity if we don't act."a ca in point—个鯉l的例子
如1：A c a in point,he notes,
is Zimbabwe,where thousands of
people have died from a cholera
epidemic.他指出，一个典型的
例子就是津巴布韦，那里已有数干人在霍舌阪情中咤
a call to action行动号召
惭愧是什么意思
如1：Finally,you need to make a concrete,specific call to action—what the audience can do right now to implement your proposal.覇，你需要通过具体的，详细的第来让人们采取行动一&就是听众马上执洌尔的提议擁马上做的事
。
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The organization buys most supplies on the global market,and development
experts have criticized it for offering contracts to major donors—like the United States
—in what has come to be known as"tied aid,,^or the practice of tying humanitarian冷库租赁合同范本
donations to purchasing contracts.
该句为一个并列句，主干结构为The organization buys most supplies和development
experts have criticized it o破折号中的like the United States为对major donors的举例说明。破
折号后的介词in意为“在……方面；用……方式”，其后接了一个宾语从句what has come to
be o全句句意为：该组织在全球市场上购买大多数供应品，而发展专家则批评
它在用所谓的“捆绑援助”，即将人道主义捐赠与购买合同捆绑起来的做法向主要捐助者（如
美国）提供合同。
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一、选择所给词或词组并用其适当形式填空
on the brink of behind the scenes hamper pledge a ca in point a call to action
1.She was________death for three months as doctors battled to save her.
2.Germany and France are among the member states against the idea,fearing it would
efforts to improve relations with Russia.
3.The right eve n t at the right time can give a city a lift:Barcel o na,host in1992,is_______.
4.In the past,the responsible advertir decided upon and drove some________for the
con s umer.
5.The students were able to go________to e how programmes are made.
6.In the agreement both sides________to respect human rights.
二、回答下列问题
1.What was the World Food Program awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for?
2. What is the estimated number of people experiencing life-threatening levels of food
incurity last year,according to WFP?
东吴怎么灭亡的3.What does the Nobel Prize mean for the current and future actions of the organization?
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